Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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